lunch meeting
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Definition
Noun: A meeting held during the lunch hour, typically for the purpose of conducting business discussions while sharing a meal.
Usage
A "lunch meeting" is a scheduled appointment, often formal or semi-formal, where participants combine the act of eating lunch with professional conversation, negotiation, or planning. It is a common practice in business culture.
Examples
- Noun:
- The manager scheduled a lunch meeting with the new client to discuss the contract terms.
- We have a weekly lunch meeting every Tuesday to review the team's progress.
Advanced Usage
- "to have a lunch meeting": to be scheduled for or to attend such a meeting.
- I can't join you at noon; I have a lunch meeting with the investors.
- "to schedule/call for a lunch meeting": to arrange or propose this type of meeting.
- Let's schedule a lunch meeting to finalize the details.
Variants and Related Words
- Working lunch (n): A very similar concept, emphasizing that work is the primary activity during the meal.
- The board members had a working lunch to go through the financial reports.
- Business lunch (n): A lunch with a business purpose, which may be less formally structured than a "meeting."
- He took his colleague out for a business lunch.
Synonyms
- Business lunch: A lunch held for professional reasons.
- Working lunch: A lunch during which work is discussed or conducted.
Related Phrases
- To do lunch: (Informal idiom) To meet for lunch, often with a social or light business connotation.
- We should do lunch sometime next week to catch up.
Noun
- a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating